It does seem slightly odd that the famous Nobel Peace Prize should go to someone who is famous, more or less, for talking loudly.

What does Mr. Gates plan to do with all the extra people that won't die from malaria now that his foundation has found a cure?

China and India are adopting personal automobiles. If they follow our path, each country will put itself in a position of its entire economy being vulnerable to interruption of its oil supplies.

The Romans understood nation building, an art we and the British have forgotten.